Fredrik Backman for My Friends

Fredrik Backman, the author of _Anxious People_ and _A Man Called Ove_ joins us this May to celebrate the paperback release of _My Friends_.

We hope to see you there!_You have to take life for granted, the artist thinks, the whole thing: sunrises and slow Sunday mornings and__water balloons and another person's breath against your neck.

That's the only courageous thing a person can do.__In the corner of a world-famous painting, three tiny figures sit on the end of a pier, a secret hidden in plain sight.__Twenty-five years ago, a group of teenagers found solace in each other during one unforgettable summer.

Their friendship inspired a transcendent work of art, a painting that now mysteriously belongs to eighteen-year-old aspiring artist Louisa.__Driven to learn the story behind its creation, Louisa embarks on a journey to the seaside town where it all began.

But as she gets closer to the painting's birthplace, Louisa learns that happy endings do not always take the form we expect.__Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life years later._Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Anxious People, The Winners, and My Friends, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction.

His books are published in more than forty countries.

He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.